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I want to learn Finnish! Any tips?
Hey guys, I've decided to learn Finnish, but, since it's not (yet) on Duolingo, I have to find other ways to study and practice it effectively.
When learning German and Portuguese, I found books 'Essential Portuguese Grammar' and 'Essential German Grammar' to be of great use. So, just for starters, can you suggest a similar book for Finnish learners? One that would thoroughly and accessibly summarise the Finnish grammar, without the reader feeling overwhelmed.
I would also appreciate any tips or words of advice from you guys. Many thanks! :)
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I don't know what is your native language but, if it is french, i can suggest the assimil course, they are well done :)....but we all know that finnish is not an easy task so that shouldn't be enough, unfortunately.
If it's not, i can suggest you (but i've never tried both actually) the course from teach yourself and/or the colloquial series.
An audio course i really like is pimsleur,but unfortunately there is not included a pdf with text because is simply na audio course but i recommend it.
http://www.pimsleur.com/learn-finnish
While i was looking for finnish material (yes,i love this language too) i found in this site some good books to start:
http://thefinnishteacher.weebly.com/top-5-finnish-textbooks-for-teaching-yourself-with.html
And, if i remember well i saw somewhere a finnish grammar, give me one moment and i going to look for it :D.
EDIT: i found these 2 grammars here:
https://avaxhome.unblocker.xyz/ebooks/2014-10-16-70_201504211804.html (that should be the same autor who did the colloquial series)
https://avaxhome.unblocker.xyz/ebooks/3547095.html
I heard some positive reviews about this course, where the autor made also a grammar book, the second link i gave you above:
https://www.amazon.com/Start-Finnish-Leila-White/dp/9517925182
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https://vocapp.com/courses/finnish Here are several courses (EN-FI)! :) You can study both vocabulary and grammar rules.